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Deploy Node Application to Heroku

Heroku makes DevOps easy !!! Whether you're building a simple prototype or a business-critical product, Heroku's fully-managed platform gives you the simplest path to delivering your desire project

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Prerequisite

  • Make sure you have created an account in heroku and github

Create a simple node app

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
    res.send("Server is Running")
})

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`App running on port ${port}...`);
});

Create a simple node app

  • Login into Github Account
  • Create New Repository
  • Create .gitignore file to ignore files such as ‘node_modules, .env and etc’
  • Upload code into Github Repository via Git bash / Terminal
    •         git init
              git add .
              git commit -m "< commit message >"
              git branch -M master
              git remote add origin < your respository link >
              git push -u origin master
              
      

Deploy in Heroku with Github repository

  • Login into Heroku Account

  • New -> Create New App -> Enter project name and region

  • Select Github as Deployment Method

  • Setup Automate Deployment

    • Select the branch we wanted to trigger deployment when it’s updated / merged
    • automate deployment

After the deployment is finished, you shall see your project in https://<your project name>.herokuapp.com

Configure environment variable

  • Kindly select your project under dashboard project listing, then navigate to setting tab and select Reveal Config Var.
  • Now you’re able to enter the environment variable inside here such as JWT Secret key, Access token and etc
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